Multiple users able to share information and make changes to on-going collaborative documents.
--No clue, learning for classroom use.
--Don't know. I've never experienced it, although I've read wikipedia in the past.
It is the web I grew up with (well from 19 year old and on...) we could see and search but not really interact.
This is. Put simply, the read/write web is using the http protocol and www interfaces (such as a web browser) to not only disseminate static information, but also to allow (require?) each user to add their own information.
Simply put you read, think about your reading and interact some how by displaying your knowledge. You are required to interact.
--Interactive websites that allow people to exchange information, respond, and dialogue; rather than static reading of a posted page.
It is a Web that includes online applications, like Flickr and Writely.
---2nd gen web - 1st was more passive, user reads webpages to use information, 2nd (read/write) is interactive, user reads and writes to both gather and share information, opinion, perspective --- just like we are doing here.
Web 2.0!! Where we go from following links and reading information to INTERACTION!
It is an open-classroom-online ( for those who remember open classrooms).
2. What is a wiki?
--no clue, but i am learning. It is a tool for sharing information. Our tech teacher LOVES wikipedia! In fact, he has it saved on his pda and reads random articles to me when I least expect it. I suppose it's an encylcopedia that anyone can edit. Something that my tech person says I need to know about because it is so exciting. I don't really know. That is why I am here A wiki is a type of web page where anyone (or any member) can add, delete, or edit the content. This is as opposed to a blog, where only the author has rights to edit or delete content, and other users are restricted to commenting. What I Know Is-love those acronyms. A place where a group of people can interact together. --A web page that can be altered by the readers as well as the originator. A page that can be edited by users anywhere in the world. --- I like to think of it as creating instant webpages - or - a place to collaborate on a topic by write interactively -- like here. A wiki is a special type of website which is edited, corrected and embellished by a community of users. Some wikis will require a login or registration, many do not. A wiki is a web forum (could be beaucoup de pages, I reckon) that allows the masses, or a select group of the masses, to edit it. I think. This is a wiki! A collaborative 4 dimensional webpage of text, images, sound, ideas, conversation etc.! A wiki is a website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively I would agree with all of the above. Oh, and by the way "wiki" means "fast" in Hawaiian. (did I spell that correctly?) -A page that permits collaborative efforts of data/research effort. -First it only contains information in the Wikipedia style. Second it is interactive and allows user to add new information and correct false pieces --Yet another pre-packaged array of web-based services--similar to, but not identical to, blogs, bulletin boards, and other content-management systems. -A site that allows users to edit pages, and keeps a history of those edits. -a page on the web anyone can add to or otherwise modify - It scares some people...
3. What do these things mean to you and your students?
It means more authentic, interactive learning for students.
It means it is going to change the way I teach!
This is the challenge! A wiki could be a long-term forum, an archivable and searchable discussion amongst the members of the classroom - teacher and students. Since anyone can add content, students may expand on topics as they see fit, and teachers may guide the discussion without imposing their own structure on the conversation.
--Since I teach students in classroom and online environments, it means I could set up interactive meeting place for all of us --sort of a class commons--for extension of discussions, exploring topics slightly "off" the main classroom topics but important to us, share work samples, resources or findings among students who would not get to physically connect with each other. Also opens the possibility of inviting others from around the world into our classroom as guests or participants.
I think school will be a lot more exciting for many of our students.
--- students want to be an active part of life and being able to express their feelings to others who will listen is a great motivator. This opens their ability to truly interact with others who have similar interests (even if for a day) as them.
Not much yet, but I'm trying to change that!
Please add your comments below for these questions.
(with acknowledgement to Wiki While You Work from which the initial comments below have been copied.)http://wikiwhileyouwork.wikispaces.com/k12online
1. What is the Read/Write Web?
Multiple users able to share information and make changes to on-going collaborative documents.--No clue, learning for classroom use.
--Don't know. I've never experienced it, although I've read wikipedia in the past.
It is the web I grew up with (well from 19 year old and on...) we could see and search but not really interact.
This is. Put simply, the read/write web is using the http protocol and www interfaces (such as a web browser) to not only disseminate static information, but also to allow (require?) each user to add their own information.
Simply put you read, think about your reading and interact some how by displaying your knowledge. You are required to interact.
--Interactive websites that allow people to exchange information, respond, and dialogue; rather than static reading of a posted page.
It is a Web that includes online applications, like Flickr and Writely.
---2nd gen web - 1st was more passive, user reads webpages to use information, 2nd (read/write) is interactive, user reads and writes to both gather and share information, opinion, perspective --- just like we are doing here.
Web 2.0!! Where we go from following links and reading information to INTERACTION!
It is an open-classroom-online ( for those who remember open classrooms).
2. What is a wiki?
--no clue, but i am learning. It is a tool for sharing information. Our tech teacher LOVES wikipedia! In fact, he has it saved on his pda and reads random articles to me when I least expect it. I suppose it's an encylcopedia that anyone can edit. Something that my tech person says I need to know about because it is so exciting. I don't really know. That is why I am here A wiki is a type of web page where anyone (or any member) can add, delete, or edit the content. This is as opposed to a blog, where only the author has rights to edit or delete content, and other users are restricted to commenting. What I Know Is-love those acronyms. A place where a group of people can interact together. --A web page that can be altered by the readers as well as the originator. A page that can be edited by users anywhere in the world. --- I like to think of it as creating instant webpages - or - a place to collaborate on a topic by write interactively -- like here. A wiki is a special type of website which is edited, corrected and embellished by a community of users. Some wikis will require a login or registration, many do not. A wiki is a web forum (could be beaucoup de pages, I reckon) that allows the masses, or a select group of the masses, to edit it. I think. This is a wiki! A collaborative 4 dimensional webpage of text, images, sound, ideas, conversation etc.! A wiki is a website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively I would agree with all of the above. Oh, and by the way "wiki" means "fast" in Hawaiian. (did I spell that correctly?) -A page that permits collaborative efforts of data/research effort. -First it only contains information in the Wikipedia style. Second it is interactive and allows user to add new information and correct false pieces --Yet another pre-packaged array of web-based services--similar to, but not identical to, blogs, bulletin boards, and other content-management systems. -A site that allows users to edit pages, and keeps a history of those edits. -a page on the web anyone can add to or otherwise modify - It scares some people...3. What do these things mean to you and your students?
It means more authentic, interactive learning for students.It means it is going to change the way I teach!
This is the challenge! A wiki could be a long-term forum, an archivable and searchable discussion amongst the members of the classroom - teacher and students. Since anyone can add content, students may expand on topics as they see fit, and teachers may guide the discussion without imposing their own structure on the conversation.
--Since I teach students in classroom and online environments, it means I could set up interactive meeting place for all of us --sort of a class commons--for extension of discussions, exploring topics slightly "off" the main classroom topics but important to us, share work samples, resources or findings among students who would not get to physically connect with each other. Also opens the possibility of inviting others from around the world into our classroom as guests or participants.
I think school will be a lot more exciting for many of our students.
--- students want to be an active part of life and being able to express their feelings to others who will listen is a great motivator. This opens their ability to truly interact with others who have similar interests (even if for a day) as them.
Not much yet, but I'm trying to change that!